Provided by:
gnumeric_1.8.3-3ubuntu2_i386 
NAME
ssconvert - a command line spreadsheet format converter
SYNOPSIS
ssconvert [OPTIONS] infile outfile
DESCRIPTION
ssconvert is a command line utility to convert spreadsheet files
between various spreadsheet file formats. It is a companion utility to
Gnumeric, the powerful spreadsheet program created by the GNOME
project.
ssconvert accepts either file names or URIs as infile outfile. The
special URIs fd://0 and fd://1 can be used for standard input and
standard output respectively.
OPTIONS
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with single
letter options starting with a single dash (‘-’) and longer options
starting with two dashes (‘--’).
Main options
--list-exporters
List the available exporters (file formats)
--list-importers
List the available importers (file formats)
-E, --import-encoding=STRING
Specify an encoding for imported content. This is only
necessary when the right encoding does not follow from the input
file name.
-T, --export-type=ID
Specify which exporter to use; see below for a list. This is
only necessary when the right encoding does not follow from the
output file name.
--recalc
Recalculate all formulas before writing.
Help options
-v, --version
Display ssconvert’s version
-h, --help, --usage
Display a brief usage message
Path options
-L, --lib-dir=STRING
Set the root library directory
-D, --data-dir=STRING
Adjust the root data directory
LIST OF IMPORTANT IDS
Gnumeric_XmlIO:sax
Gnumeric XML file format
Gnumeric_Excel:excel_dsf
MS Excel (tm) 97/2000/XP & 5.0/95
Gnumeric_pdf:pdf_assistant
Portable Document Format
Gnumeric_stf:stf_csv
Comma Separated Values
LIST OF LESS IMPORTANT IDS
Gnumeric_sylk:sylk
Multiplan
Gnumeric_Excel:xlsx
MS Excel (tm) 2007
Gnumeric_Excel:excel_biff8
MS Excel (tm) 97/2000/XP
Gnumeric_Excel:excel_biff7
MS Excel (tm) 5.0/95
Gnumeric_dif:dif
Data Interchange Format (*.dif)
Gnumeric_html:roff
TROFF (*.me)
Gnumeric_html:latex_table
LaTeX 2e (*.tex) table fragment
Gnumeric_html:latex
LaTeX 2e (*.tex)
Gnumeric_html:xhtml_range
XHTML range - for export to clipboard
Gnumeric_html:xhtml
XHTML (*.html)
Gnumeric_html:html40frag
HTML (*.html) fragment
Gnumeric_html:html40
HTML 4.0 (*.html)
Gnumeric_html:html32
HTML 3.2 (*.html)
Gnumeric_OpenCalc:openoffice
OpenDocument/OpenOffice (*.ods)
Gnumeric_stf:stf_assistant
Text export (configurable)
EXAMPLE
To convert the gnumeric file foo.gnumeric to a Microsoft Excel(TM) file
foo.xls:
ssconvert --export-type=Gnumeric_Excel:excel_dsf foo.gnumeric foo.xls
BUGS
ssconvert is a recent addition to Gnumeric. Its main limitation is that
there is currently no provision for importer or exporter specific
flags.
LICENSE
ssconvert is licensed under the terms of the General Public License
(GPL), version 2. For information on this license look at the source
code that came with the software or see the GNU project page
〈http://www.gnu.org〉.
COPYRIGHT
The copyright on the gnumeric software and source code is held by the
individual authors as is documented in the source code.
AUTHOR
ssconvert’s primary author is Jody Goldberg <jody@gnome.org>; ssconvert
builds on the gnumeric codebase.
The initial version of this manpage was written by J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)
<jdassen@debian.org>.
SEE ALSO
gnumeric(1)
The Gnumeric Homepage 〈http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/〉.
The GNOME project page 〈http://www.gnome.org/〉.